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EXCLUSIVE  PREVIEW  ,^ 
AND  COMPETITION     I 


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REVIEWED:  CHOLO,  MASTERS  OF  THE  UNIVERSE,  RANARAMA. 
C16  PAPERBOY  AND  STORM  FA  CUP  COMPETITION 


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CONTENTS 


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•  Letters! 
Warning 


this  skiB  onwards  it  is  p 

ctitally 

in^oaible  and  ihe  shots 

taken  by 

the  players  are  eiiou|h 

Pete's  legendary  gloves 

mo  the 

back  of  the  net  (with  li 

hands  slill 

inikle  then).  1  have  just 

one  fault  to 

point  out  and  that  is  th 

ball  never 

misses  the  joal  and  the 

efenden 

arimation  is  conyincing 

ndthe 

les,  such  as  US  Gold, 
who  currently  sell  software  games 
on  average  at  about  f  10,  were  to 
drop  their  prices  to  a  more 
reasonable  price,  eg  £5,  the/  w< 
reduce  the  tendency  for  people  to 
copy  die  games. 

I(  software  houses  such  at 
Mastertrooic  and  Firebird  can 


iSttSllB 


Flippant 

^    I  personally  feel  thai  CD  t\i 
gone  tragically  downhill  since 


li  was  with  lantasiit  flippancy  il 
you  totally  dismissed  John  Farrir'i 
letter  In  your  February  '87  issue. 
The  lad  in  question  should  have 


which  you  totally  ignored.  Th 
not  really  surprise  me  as  you 
consisientiy  ignored  (blah,  blal 
blah}. 
AteiSpicer, 

Thli  letter  hu  been  cut  K 
further  boredom  to  our 


Conned 


I  ha»e  iiist  been  ripped  oH,  I  was  In 
the  Burnley  branch  of  Boou  just 
before  Christmas  looking  at  Space 
Hanier  and  thinking  of  buying  it. 


call  round  later.  When  I  got  to  his 
house  (which  cost  me  £  I  return  o 
the  bus}  he  showed  me  a  list  ol  hi! 
games  and  told  me  to  choose  whit 
I  wanted  to  buy.  I  f»cked  $pK( 
Hirner,  Crysal  Castle!  aiti 
Breaklhru.  He  then  turned  his 
computer  on,  loaded  them  from 


ounjsters  like  me  oH. 
His  name  a  {withheld  Edj.  Will 

investigates  softw^e  piracy. 

ared  lor  my  safety. 
Hipped  off. 

'  's  very  difficult  to  hjve  much 
tympathy  with  you.  You  aw 
'ie  chance  of  doing  a  dodgy  and 
got  done  in  the  process.  As  for 
Ihii  nasty  little  pirate.  Elite 
might  be  very  interested  Co 
investigate  his  game,  but  we 
can't  print  his  name  for  legal 


Conversion 
job 

•   l~nJ.,toagreate.ll 

Five  long  years  I  have  suffered 
two  disabilities  well  known  to 
Spectrum  users  I  had  blurred  vision 
I  extreme  case  of  deafness. 


hanging  by  its  ears  with  a  candle 
under  Its  hind  legs"  (that's  bum  to 
you  Tosh).  Quickly  I  ran  to  die 
Commodore  64,  whereupon  I  was 
met  by  its  slick  graphics.  My  eyes 
rolled  in  dieir  sockets  and  I  started 


orth).  I 


:St  48Ks 
onger  be  happy 


reply  to  this  letter. 
B.  RoPinson, 
Tfonn™/,  fouifi  Afffco. 
We  don't  tend  our  mags  to  S, 
Africa.  Someone  else  gets  hold 
of  them,  though  we'd  like  to 
know  who.  This  company  has  a 
policy  of  not  distributing  to  S. 
Africa  and  rightly  so.  I 
guarantee  you  are  white. 

jse  no  kid  living  in  the 
homelandi  can  afford  a  cassette 

one  a  machine  to  play  it 
on,  Repom  about  S.  Africa  are 
not  e)iaggeraled.  You  are  just 
fat,  healthy  and  rich  at  the 


Get  Lost 


Hodine  concerning  your  n 
nwillingness  to  send  any  li 
South  Africa.  I  am  sure  th 


is  political.  We  ha 


iunU7.  and 


though  yt 
:  ol  6am : 
exaggerated. 

sea  that  a  computer 
magazine  could  be  influenced  by 

so  kind 
C\  50 


Ed's  a  pain 


ry  good  mag,  'Play  to  Win' . 

'Tommy's  Tips'  are  excellent.  1 1 

'  id  my  64C  long  and  CU 


I  the  February  '87  issue  of  CU,  I 
iced  diat  a  certain  Nicholas 
Smith,  o(  Clowne.  Chesterfield, 
diought  that  Ace  ol  Aces  by  US 
Gold  was  most  likely  dufr.  Well 
it  isn't  duff  as  I  bought  the 
same  game  last  week  and  there  is 
ptenty  of  Jerries  in  the  air. 
Incklentally,  I  thought  it  was  a  good 
game  —  but  why  the  hell  do  you 
o  toad  Uie  game  again  once 
you  get  killed!  Anyway,  long  live 
""      don't  change  and  don't  listen 
'  of  those  snotty  letters  telling 

■  that  for  the  1%  of  people 
ead  this  magazine  for  the  sake 
other  9a!i,  OK! 


lunlry.  By  nc 


d  the  shop  and  was  knocked 
ground  by  the  sound  echdng 
Irom  the  Commodore  M.  Wow  I 
thought,  "That  makes  the  sound  on 
acirum  +  2  sound  a  like  a  pig 


Ah  terrorists! 

readers  are  despairing  at  the 
disappearance  of  'Uncle  |im'.  Well 


eicepdonally  high  standard,  and  I 
wHI  buy  it  regardless  of  what  you 
I  just  think  ttiat  a  magaiine 
urs  would  know  better  than 


^ 


•  LettersI 


Mike  Mole! 


I  have  enclosett  a  megs-lab, 

K.  Song  called  the  growing  puns 
f  Mike  Paitenden,  age  (wouldn'l 
re  like  to  know|.  So  think  of  the 
jjrian  Mole  song  and  sing  this.  (Yo 


He  is  neariy  on  the  dole. 
Cos  his  wages  are  so  low. 
In  his  head  there  is  a  hde 
(see,  he  leams  sort  of  slow), 

He's  profoumtly  in  lo*e  with  his 

computer. 
This  poem  has  an  intellecual  digit. 
The  tenderness  of  which  he  adores 

her, 
Kealy  makes  us  feel  quite  ikk  , , , 
But  —  he  does  shots  thai  ire  u 

■  a  pit,  HE  is  not, 
Though  he  tries  and  tries  in  vain, 
To  gel  some  fans  to  like  him  again. 
He's  profoundly  in  love  with  Ns 

computer. 
This  poem  has  an  inidlecuial  digit, 
Why  don't  you  give  me  a  ■star 

least  a  CU  shirt, 
John  TurtuffreW, 
ftontm/y,  Oian. 

Collapses  a  bit  at  the  end 
doesn't  it.  And  digit 
rhyme  with  ddc,  Othcrvriie. 
Mike  thirriif  If  i  crap.  ^ 


Birraingham  to  Heachn>w  airpon, 
whei^  a  lunatic  in  a  microlijht, 

to  (ly  me  to  Rio  (where  else!). 

3)  The  entire  back  copies  of  Zzap 
64  (loreign  food  always  gi« 


A]  That  I 


ec  paper  is 


se  days), 

:hael  Patteoden  Esq 


again,  then  meet  all  my  demands. 
Alcernacively,  if  you  are  glad  to  be 
rid  of  the  okl  bottom-faced  prune, 

by  killing  Bob  Holness  and  getting 
Uncle  Jim  die  presenters  job  on 
Blockbusters  (wowl  the  priies),  and 
I  mean  everyone  watches 
Blockbusters,  don't  they! 
Or  if  you  fancy  a  quick 
settlement,  then  you  can  make  this 


pages  fw  his  Hid  Shits  page  (my 
eyesight  is  a  little  defective),  upon 

like  the  totally  amazing  story  of  the 
software  house  supremo  and  the 
'Zebra  in  the  bed'  mystery.  (Well  n 
wouW  have  been  perfectly  innocent 
had  a  policeman  not  noticed  that 
the  zebra  was  vrearing  leather 

id  underwear.) 


What* 


heard  about  it!  Don't  you  pe 


id  of  ihi 


Rill  j.  UnderspooJ 

You  leave  Bob  Holness  alone 
and  we  don't  deal  with  terror! 
demands  -  ask  the  PPLO, 


Chartist 

9    I  love  your  mag  in  all  ways 

but  fliere  is  only  one  thing  that  is 

ig.  Your  64  Chart  in  the 


•as  a  game  called  Ninji,  Ferdy 
■lamilton  gave  it  a  4  overall  but  ic  is 
tighih  in  die  chart  ahead  ol  Ghoscs 
V  GiMis.  Please  try  and  fix  diis, 
PS,  I  take  a  medium  in  T-shirts, 


D  Brown, 

VrcJorio,  Atiswlio 

There's  no  accounting  for  taste, 

if  we  sajr  it's  bad  then,  rest 

assured,  it  is.  If  people  still  buy 

Grunt  and 
grapple 

^P    Congrat!  to  you  lor  such  a 
Oiampianship  Wr^rlmg  In  the 


disappoinunent,  my  cape  version 
vras  without  the  title  page  ol  the 
radier  stocky  man  holding  a  belt. 


laying  "Choose  your  opponent", 
jisplaying  the  wrestlers  posing,  was 
jonc  as  well  What  went  wrong  Ed! 


checking  Che  tape  and  the  disk  ■ 
but  you  can  imagine  this  is  a  lot 

Get  off  our 
backs 


subscription!").  Look  ai  I  E.  Fish- 
face's  letter.  If  he  enjoys  the  Beanc 
so  much  why  doesn't  he  subscribe 

to  read  such  a  pornographic  mag). 
Also,  look  althe  letter  of  |.P. 
Under-fed,  er,  Underv^ood. 
Congrats  for  not  giving  him  his  T- 


people  claiming  to  be  better  than 
the  CU  reviewers  I  assure  you 
Matthew  (The  SelQ  Kiggall,  chat  to 
get  1 1  hours  continuous  play  on 
SOp  on  Gaunrfet  is  physically  and 
mechanically  impossible. 


1  slag  CU  - 


you  how  SEUfid  you  are. 

J.P.  Afmn, 

Co  Corft,  Irekind. 

We  like  your  style,  have  a  T- 


Wliat  a  star! 


it  was  appeared  in  CSVG  in  August 
'85  I  hope  you  will  consider  my 


what  C&VG  throw  away   In  I9S5 

they  offeiW«^^^*f^\^ 

mymtenlion  t 


Homidun  Mcpi, 
Kualo  Lumpur,  Alaluysia. 
There  you  go  again.  It  is 
politics,  dofl't  pretend  it  isn't  - 
this  Is  not  the  lirM  letter  we 
have  had  from  Arab/Muslim 
readers  complaining  about 


(TtHir  own 
be  wrong.  If  ya 
blind  that  it  upse 
have  got  prablen 


r.  To 
.  to  satisfy 

iti-Semitrsm  would 


ake  cheques  o 

poBia 

orders  payable  to  BARGAIN  SOFTWARE 

elude  PSPwl 

iln  tne 

U.K.:  Europe  please  aOfl  E0.75  per  tape: 

ElBe>»he 

replaa 

eaddElOOe-lraperlape 

lexers 


Bet  we  can 


|m  it.  The  nory  behind  ii  is  tfm 
the  pefion  vi4«  wraic  it  left  to 
worti  for  Elite,  where  he  wrote 
Commindo.  Elite  (herelore  wjirted 
10  have  the  righu  of  Who  Dirts 
Wiia.  and  there  wu  9  court  ax 
e^tt  Ft.  Elite  WW1. 
Secondly,  why  ijo  you  jhvays  p;ji 


•  Letter 


J 


*e  wroni  Ijbeb  on  the 
icreenjhoa.  It  ii  very  "mating  . 
conliniiig.  In  Zup  M  (hey  hav. 
pita  chaumd  al  the  levebi 
nupped  of  the  fid:>tofl.  Alio  i 
have  stated:  "I  bel  Convnodort 
User  san'i  beat  thai"  How  can  yot 
take  inch  accuationj^  Why  rwt  try 
ud  IM  the  Kli;tion  cheats  map  of 
Spy  n  Spy  IS  Arrlc  Ancia,  one  of 
the  ben  and  latest  |amti. 
Jomei  DI|by-Jones. 
CMItni.  Surrey. 

Thanki  for  telling  in  what  wc 
•IrMdy  know.  H  you  were  a 
rtgulir  rudw  of  Hotahou 
ymi'd  hiv>  got  It  all  right.  The 
Who  OiTM  Win  uga  hai  never 

cocking  1  inoolt  at  us  over  the 
Eidolon,  ask  ch<m  why  their 
FlM  II  map  appeared  nearly  lii 
monthi  after  oun. 

Re  Double 


review  in  February's  User  abouth 
The  Double.       -:  \ 

I  find  It  dalt^lhe^viewer 
Mike  Patteideii^iSd'sUg  it  off  a^ 
he  did. 


I  we  from  the  inset  picture  that  hi 

was  watching  the  pine  QPR  v  Wi 

Brom.  What  was  the  probiem  not 

watchlni  his  own  teim  in  Oiv  3  or 

were  they  that  poor? 

O.MuKof, 

Qe/tiaul. 

You  nnwt  like  watdiing  gran 

grow.  The  Double  ihouhj  be 

renamed  Doable  Dull,  Try 

Brian  Ctough'i  Football 


angaroo 
__    charts 

wrote  to  fou  in  December,  but  I 
don't  know  vAether  my  letter  was 
frsc  rate  tke  your  mag  because  my 

until  bee  Marchleariy  Apnl  Well 
maybe  not.  You-  mig  seems  (□ 
improve  beyond  sight  in  every 

doen't  improve  i  am 


words,  keep  up  the  good  work. 

Your  lanes  m  England,  sorry  Alan 
Gold,  Britain,  greatly  vary  to  the 
land  ol  boning  roos.  In  your 
October  'Bi  edition.  Eugene  tjcey 
stated  that  he  coukl  not  see 
Andrew  Brajibrook's  latest  game, 
ASeykn.  "scooping  dw  charts". 
Down  under  Aheyktc.  in  January, 
was  second  on  (he  natianal  charts 
only  to  Dnad  Undoubtedly. 
Gauntlet  wHI  change  all 
is  TnaHy  released  hert 
AnthMylMg, 


Spectrum). 

But  why  are  these  people 
condemned  by  magasnes  and 
software  companies^  Why  should 
someone  shell  out  £10  for  a  game 
that  often  isn't  even  worth  £1 

The  answer  to  the  piracy 
proWem-  budget  games  are 
improving  all  the  dme  —  Harvey 
Headbangcf,  Thrust,  Warhawk, 
lao.  Flash  Gordon  to  name  but  a 
few.  These  tafes  sell  many  more 
dun  lultfirice  games.  If  people  wai 
these  games,  they  think,  "Why 

'  readily  pay  out  the  f  2  o 


£3  be 


ey  get  an  orfginat  ta 


would  tell  more  rapes  and  reduce 
the  amount  of  copies  i(  they 
brough(  dovm  die  price  of  dieir 

Mastertronic.  Firebird  and  Players, 
etc.  will  never  go  hanknipt  while 
they  tdl  quality  games  for  a  cheap 
price  —  instead  they  wil  continue 
to  m^e  large  profits.  Companies 
are  just  too  greedy  and  can  no 
longer  divert  die  blame  lor  the 


price  oiw  that  M'tronic  etc, 
have  to  sell  many  times  more 
to  make  a  reasonable  profit 


I  the  diartil  -._ 


Back  ups 


itiust  be  made  clear 
Item  pirating  is  doriE 
te  f  ve  people  I  kno' 


copying  interface  and  tt 
collections  consisc  of  at 
copies  and  only  15%  or 


The  great 
Smartie 
debate 


cftat  they  put  the  lener  on 
die  bb  to  bribe  Me  OMren  ta 
buy  Smimes  so  they  can  (oifecc  at 
Ote  a^Aatef  (diey  protably  irtia  ok 
leaer  out  to  eiKOunge  xhtsn  to 
baymore).  I  lme)et  Set  WSfy  I  but 


KenjDoei, 
BJackpool. 
Tour  dad's  a  dhrvy. 


You  said  in  ^r  review  of  jei  Set 
Wiffy  fl  (Feb.  issue),  tfui  the  fra 
perwn  who  wrote  in  and  lokl  why 

Smartie  lids  cm  have  your  topy  of 
Jet  Set  my  II  I  have  enckiied  i 
copy  of  my  reply  (rom  ftowntree'^ 
with  the  answer 
Please  loukl  I  have  your  copy 


ROWNTREE  MACKINTOSH 
REPLY 

Dear  Simon. 

Thank  you  lor  your  rei 

Smarties  tube  tops. 


The  lei 


chiklren  coKeci  the  alphabet  and  wi 
heir  from  quite  a  few  leathers  and 
pbygroup  leaden  just  how  useful 
thay  can  be  in  teaching  chikjren 
spelling  whilst  they  enjoy 
themselves. 

Thank  you  once  again  lor  t^ing 
the  trouble  to  write  lo  us  —  1 1 
that  you  will  conunue  to  enjoy 
Smaities. 
Yours  sincerely. 


TOSB      ^ 


BASKETBALL 


2000  AD  (sn*  will  rscognlaB  tha  h*ro  ol 
latsat  licancs  Namasta.  Ha'll 
be  oontinulfifl  hii  fight  against  the  sllan- 
hating  Torquamada  In  thair  naw  gania. 
Armsd  and  dangeroui  yo"'"  ■"»< 
through  the  (creena  In  pursuit  of  that 
paraonlflcation  of  oiril,  loying  waati 


■word,  eur 


r  If  diBsrmad  a 
i  play  a  dfgitlaad 


•pil.   Uuurghl   . 

picture  of  old  Torque, 

cornet  of  the  screen  and  ehould  ha  fill  in 

complstaly  alt  the  dead  lermlnalori  I 

into  death  Eombies  and  coma  after  \ 

Naetyl 


ickK 

otfT  How  about  him  na»I  game,  Sumrner 
Eiants,  Six  athletic  dlscipllnas.  pole 
vault,  awlmmlng,  high  board  diving, 
cycling  and  the  alaaplachsse,  colourful 
graphic*  and  ipeach  makai  for  a  pretty 
claaeypachagaontha  CI 6, 


Oremlln  hav*  rMBy  pulled  out  Iha  atopa    I 

rMantly.  They  so  Into  ovardriva  nart    | 

month    wKh    tha    raleaee    i 

Tillogy.   another  martial   arl 

Train  under  tha  Supreme  M. 

a  Samurai  Warlorr 

(este.     Select     opponent! 

•chool'*   combat  hsroas. 

bclclie,  amack  a  few  alate 

avan  got  promoted.  Anywi 

the  score  with  theae  game 

and  waH  lor  the  review 


_M_ 


#  Buzz  I 


SUBBATTLE  SIMULATOR 


from  thatr  (uccauful  Daatroyar 
•Imulatlon,  Epyi  ar*  brlnglnn  out  ■  ■ub-baltla  game 
■long  tha  llnea  ol  the  Microproae  SItent  Ssrvica 
gam*.  Vou  can  undartake  any  ona  of  ovsf  60 
fflUilona  aa  a  Gorman  U-boat  or  Amarlcan  *ub, 
Chooaa  from  scanarioi  ranging  from  >eek  and  kit  I 
to  llta-guardlng  or  avan  try  and  make  it  Ihrougli  tha 
enttra  war.  Voo  got  torpadoa,  minas,  anll-alrcratt 
gun*  and  a  4Dmm  Bofor  deck  gun  to  figlit  with,  but 
thero'a  200,000  squara  miles  to  patroll  Wo'li  ba 
gattkig  lootiux  a*  aoon  a>  wa  racolva  Ihia  ona. 


cnaraciara  return  to  your  acraen  next 
month.  Thing,  atar  of  Thing  on  a  Spring, 
rebound ■  into  action  again  in  a  new 
9ame  purauad  by  dozan*  of  alien  abjat 
tika  boots  wearing  ij— — — ■ —  — "• 
toodlee,  walkir>g  car 
helmatad  goblins.  Thing  will  be 
bouncing,    aliding.    flying    around    the 


I,  apikay 


Thla  time  tt- 
although  you' 
wai  msking  tl 


I   killed   the  gobljn   that 


Alao  on  hii  way 

back    Is    that    pistfor 

Moniy.  In  Auf  Wieder 

ehen  Monty  he's 

travelling   around  the 

world  trying  to 

buy  the  i  I  land  of 

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uii  baddiBi  with  yaui  iwuid  of 

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■1      bBiiBf  choice  for  a  Bomo? 

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Ihis  home  planetl  from  SkolelQr  & 

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prnhahly  Ho  Man'j  Meaknesi  as  Ihe 

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laltet.  Here  are  the  bnnuiei  yao  can 

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Nan  It's  tine  to  play 

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ed,  sparsely 

puddles  and  dojs.  Hav 

Ion  trying  to 

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saying  to  you,  but  rarnembor  hids, 

can't  ba,  m  e.en  goo 

would  release  ibis,  it's 

just  can't  desciibe  my 

diaappointment.  1  mear 

ake  the 

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and  you're  talking  mon 

N  E  Y.  This  is  crap,  (Ma 

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where  anything  can  bappan  and 

does,  siirh  as  donkeys  in  sheds  and 

includK  such  characters  ai  Luke 

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"It's  your  fault  Gnncb. 
that  school  rulea  ban  all 

forgiven  you  for  the  last 


ih  Ihal  talephons  box? 

ich  and  Everything  Is  riibbisb  concern 

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As  you  might  atpect  the  place 
Incfedlhly  sharp  shODteis.  You,  i 


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In  tact,  the  Germans  are  ke  beyond, 

lemaikably  stupid,  arnj  thfoughoul  Somfwtrere  ttwe  arc  tiic 

Ihs  game  ais  iorevet  linlDj  grtsoisis  waiting  id  be  laun 

occasiojislly  sneaking  up  fiom  behind.  IrouUe  is,  nhen  you  finally 

af  lead  there  are  lots  of  mitable  lbs  beginning  again.  Maybe 

shoot  you,  sll  you  601  Is  lilance.  Itie  San  Game  opiion.  The 


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ctioose  the  race  whicli  you  wisli  youi  iiiitalions.  the  Ore  or  aliernativety 

crsatioii  to  be,  eilbet  Human,  Dwarf,  lomething  bigger  and  far  more 

Troll,  Elt  or  Gnome.  Each  one  at  destructive.  When  you  aciuallv  enter 

Tliese,  bar  Human,  bu  a  s^cKIc  into  the  combat  mode  the  ccmpirter 

prctsssinn  either  warrior  or  wizard.  displays  a  hhiw-up  of  the  immediate 

yaur  job  description.  Eiodus  UllirTu  III  combat.  But  there 


force  1 


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Shard  of  Spring,  if  you  and  your  They  also  havi 

people  do  nor  pay  her  due  respect  and  hunting.  ino-om  ipm  auJii  d^n.iiii,  up  •,•••! 

she  wdl  destroy  tbe  Sttaid  and  lbs          Wizards  ars  naturally  spell  caslers  one  eiit  may  be  creeled, 

land  will  he  reduced  to  notbme  more  and  can  use  no  betlBt  wEairans  than  Tti?  graphics,  as  eiperienced 

tfien  a  froien  hell."  daaaacs  and  can  only  deriye  computer  role^pleyers  migbi  coroE  to 

From  that  day  on  the  peopla  of  protection  from  leether  armoor.  eipaci,  are  small  one-colour  efforts 

and  offering  seciitices  to  her.  In  character  he  is  assigned  his  speed,  appalling  sound, 

short,  she  bad  them  by  the  proyerbial  strength,  intellect,  enduratwe  and  The  two  majoi  problems  with 

short  and  curlias.  Il  Is  you  job  to  skJI.  II  you  are  dissatisfied  with  any  Shard  of  Spring  are  first  it  costs  a 

assemble  a  patty  of  edventursrs  10  of  these  attrbutes  you  can  ask  for  packet,  and  secondly  you  need  at 

relfieye  the  Sbard  and  destroy  the  them  to  be  're-rullad',  which  mora  least  Iwo  people  in  the  party.  Acan 

after  hooting  tbe  game  up  by  making  than  the  original.  A  feature  which  I  appeal  to  all  Role  Playing  Gamers, 

the  lamilier  character  disk  or  tape  bava  only  come  ecross  in  this  game  Mark  Patterson 

which  holds  all  tbe  game  infoimation  is  the  ability  to  select  skills  for 


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^^'  *  "•*      ■      I  Cholo  is  delinitBlY  nol  the  piece       desnad,  but  the  planet  surface  is  piOBrairansd  with  Ihe  tatesl  Ihinc  in 

REBIRD      I      I '1  •""■  *  P'""'"'"'^'""!  I"*.  biiuino  with  B!i(iuo'"a|li»^ion  W  anjiiciai  iriteNigence. 

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The  task  ef  iFh  guardian  rebels 


(heii  suflbogids  and  sunien  Iciior        nutisBt  AtmBgeddon,  IIib  inhebitanls 
Id  headed  lor  satetv  deep  wilhin        of  l^holo  Citv  went  ons  up  on 


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■  """  ""'  "  ■■  beaiina  and  llie  leirel  of  radlalion  dead  guaid  is  Iha  bait  kkid 
whkti  becomes  dangerausly  hJQh  as  thers  is.  Geltlne  iboul  Iba 
you  apivoach  tie  city  boundaries.         e  hmiY 

lining  '^H.^'^B^  '^        '"^''^  ^'"'^  'I'"  "^"^""^  1^ 

dings,  Dlhei  labals  and  your 


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#  Screen  Scenel 


ie  weart  gsmc^ilay,  are  the 
ness  levesis  me  uninspiied,  blacky  giapliics  and 

ore  weajuns,  bonus         langtby  psiises  eteri   time  you 


only  tb 

tbey'FB  10  reg'isiei  on  the  display  al  olayei  i 
tbe  lop  at  the  screoo.  Tho  object  of  ani  tbi 
all  tbis,  io  case  you've  foigotter),  is  minuie! 
to  find  tbe  magic  scrolls,  Ttnsa  are  A  siA 
in  tbe  possession  ol  gijardiar>  ant-         disguisi 


Psrata.,  An  above  screart  viotv  is 

sbip  tbey  tvill  retraat  back  to  HQ  and 

ominous-looking  El  Ha  Soltwara 

that  Ime  the  nails  don't  do  your 

suoHins  (somalbing  nt  a  rarity  wben 

Hbo's  goooa  let  tbom  gel  away  with 

Ibat.  No,  you're  going  Id  follow  tberr 

and  tind  out  wbere  Ibeit  baaa  is.  TIie 

only  trouble  Is  tbal  to  get  to  tbeir 

If  you  aveotually  clear  thai  (1  doob 

long  tunnel  at  wlal  you  ate  told  is 

finally  inslda  IDe  HQ  of  tbe 

vilB  tben  play  tiiair  trump  card  and 

"nisga-spesi)".  ne  tunnel  scrolls 

towards  you  from  left  to  rigbt  and 

to  go  around  witb  your  droid  end 

Mas  panned  mainly  due  to  tbe  price. 

in  it.  Toucb  tbe  nails  aod  you  cart 

base.  Wiiat  kind  of  power  they  bava 

cheaper  but  for  tbrea  nicket  I'd  still 

kiss  one  of  your  liyo!  goodbye.  After 

you  are  ool  told.  Another  thing  yon 

a  fen  sscoods  on  tbe  tuone!  you 

(lol  Biartly  waak  eitber  aod  it  will 

undsrslalement,  tbe  tuooel  goes  so 

Cyber  Cne.  1  nas  a  little  bewildarad 

Fardy  Hamilto 

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pawns  lone  ol  B  limEl  acrosi  IliB 
board  you  notice  thai  Iha  squaiK 
you  slaod  oo  twn  blue  and  if  The 
knlgbi  laods  on  ona  ot  them  it  tuini 
intn  a  deadly  led  squaie.  Restrict  the 
squares  you  stand  on  and  you  reduce 

you  a  sale  row  10  rusli  across  with 
the  all  importanl  last  pawn. 

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Nm  you  laco  a  bishop  thai  move! 

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pawns  from  one  side  of  a  giant              Your  frsi  opponent  is  a  knight  that  are  ineyilably  bland.  Porticularly  the 

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antir  to  weapond  salected  if  dEsirEd.  and 

k,  and  llien  off  to  the  neil  lone 

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SPORT  OF  KINGS 


I  mighl  be  ttle  game  for  you.  A 


The  simple  idea  k  lo  chaoie  a 

The  wtiDle  business  is  ice  e  run 

bl  [:li(w=i[)|  the  numhsr  of  Imrsej 
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buiil      best  ho 
Ujusl  sit  bacli  anil    conlusii 


cing  a  tew  ciafiy  He 


inoblY  d( 


racing  conespondem  'Knacker'  wiili      place  yoLir  bei   Ttiere  are  m  you  lost  he  looks  smug,  but  sboukl 

llic  top  lifls  tavouiiieB  or  t^is  to  bolp  you  out.  yoo  ujai  bell  look  tvel!  peeved  at 

Jn^ln/l"     " ,        ,  ^""     J*'*:^  bet  placed  inrKiBing  tlie  hai.,m]  to  cough  up. 

."'..I '.!.__  "'..™f"""  '"."''  ■.:'.-.'*W*fi"'-''di"  m  an  ofrtion  lo  5poir  d(  Kings  is  eotertaming  and 

scieeo  switches  lo  a  perepeciive  lei  iiscll  down  hy  assuminf  ton 
ol  a  race  course  witli  lliei  ^  '_  ■.jimch  Irom  you.  Most  people  only 

3(s  spiead  out.  An  ambulam*''  tenlge  a  bet  in  a  sweepslalie  on 

~!  Itiani  as  they  rrielie  ^way  Gia«4  National  day.  am)  whilst  this 

lore  itrao  a  passing  knMlerlge  ol        dAi  the  course  whilst  ^jriicing  isn't;  dieadlully  EOmplicated  it  is 

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P1U3I4  useiE  aie  lised  t( 

to  do  fo'  now.  ksyboaid  controls.  Gno  your  )D«sti[k 

All  this  Clamming  as  much  Inia  the     a  leit  and  I  think  ynull  tind  that  tor 
gamE  ai  possble  -      -  - 


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Plus/4  The.e8.e.fewnicBtDucl«s.Ai 

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rL A  T  ERS  Ms  \m  ths  plug  hole  and  the  lap 

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sound  Ibalti  watei  is  pietty  easy  ic 

II,  In  you,  bathtime  means  e  do}.  There's  else  a  luhtaer  duck 

bottle  of  Matey,  a  plastic  hoat  which  tloats  eiound  on  top  af  the 

and  crinkly  tinBeis,  ilwn  it's  time  water. 

IQ  hang  up  your  loofah  and  Ibmk  Of  course,  all  of  this  would  ha  a 

again.  bit  banal  were  il  not  for  the  spiders, 

Babble  Traabk  claims  to  ofter  all  nalhrushes,  shampoo  and  othai 

the  fun  you  can  have  rn  the  seemingly  innocuDiis  bathroom 

bethroom  (well,  most  of  it  anyweyl  implemeiits  out  to  get  you.  You  start 

withuut  getting  so  much  as  a  toe  with  e  generous  fine  lives,  so  e  few 

placa  in  the  bath  Idoesn't  it  alwaysll  you  back  too  tar. 

whsio  you,  a  small  bubbla,  must  The  most  infuriatinB  thine  a'  all  is 


bubble  Hunching,  yuur  score 
If  you         again.  Vou  gat  GD  seconds  in 


middle  of  your  bath  and  you  will  get  liable  to  run  out  of  lives  anyhow.  If 

the  picture.  you  want  to  avoid  that,  I'd  suggest 

So  you  are  in  complete  control  of  you  use  the  keyboard  rather  than  a 

Ibis  bubble  wiech  happily  floats  joystick.  Use  G  and  H  id  go  left  and 

around  the  screen,  sorry,  water.  tight:  and  SHIFT  to  go  down, 
whoi  you  have  to  dp  Is  munch  all  I  like  Suilile  TiaMe.  There  is 

Ihesa  smaller  bubbles  that  ep|>eat  at  nulhing  megaeiciting  about  it,  but 

the  bottom  (know  what  I  mean!l  and  it's  a  cute  gome,  enjpvable  to  play 

rise  to  the  surface.  It  you  manage  to  and,  lika  most  of  the  Players  raoge, 

surface  and  disappear  through  the  air  me.  Whers  do  all  those  bubbles  cume 


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baiwiym.  Try  climbiiigtbebDuae, 

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the  woil-lhem-ool  yariety  abound, 

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m  Ihit  mansion  ol  a  thousand  sm- 

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priies.  A  staticaM  that  Ihttens  when 

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you  walk  up  It.  a  doaks  closet  with 

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lnf«omclai>ic  but 

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9  Adventurel 


Ihemd  Hibib.  Vou  leciU  tliat  lie       the 
iVmggealedlolkuiglspHjple.To       in  j 
le  command  TALK  TO  ii       choie. 

The  reload  poml  cddse  dl  loo 
»ii,  loavjog  you  wlh  UiB  loeling 
lal  50n  wonld  havs  liled  lo  do  ame 

fe  decidedlj  unhelpful,       every  SAVE  [  made  tesolled  in  an 
lie  eiciiMB  lilie;  "Oh,       I/O  emi  and  left  ne  wild  a  message 


ol.  Matutally; 


would  ][ 


til  Ihe  only       had 


EailhCampbel 

Qraptiic. 

S«B[Hl 

Ovmll 

*** 

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Firebird 
GrA 

Commodore  64 
Price:  £1.99/cass 

■      ■         hm.  Tha  finl  aa; 

smaU  AA  Boi  wilh  . 
»Dce,  icu  tind  d  dusl;  old  disc       AA  Tinsloid,  hIu  jivu  you  yo 
under  a  pile  of  gomai  m  Ihe  comer       qiuol  ud  i  coaple  ol  poioterB 
of  aihop.  Fliymg  the  Eoui  gamefl  on       halp  3roa  on  yoor  way.  '^' 
tbo    disc    ludfl    mio    Jonr    ainj-       numbv  oJ  nan  in  the 


NECRIS  DOME 


^^  An  orbKing  c*m»(«ry  — 

you  can  TUAGm.  tha 

oan'l  do  il!"  cane  the  reply,  Neil  T 

dscided  te  EXAMINI  COW  and 

ducovered  a  now  objKt  uaa  laveal-  (*_  J«_,_.*«, 

ed  caw9udd«n  1  ddh  tiled  lo  miU  ^000^85101 

Ihe  cow  igam  aid  allhough  [  didn'l  Af  A 

jwioa'ftempiihe  Commodore  64 

ihi.i9a.ie.a<[iptao!  Prico:  £1.99/cass 

ing  at  lis  uorel,  and  .«         ^  i       ■ 

.n  A,^,«  «.  .„  H^=  Nac™  Duma  k  sat  akard  ai 


ipUodbythaiaply. 
if  BomaQmig  la  ddI  poaakble  for  tl; 
omoDi,  the  reply  should  eiii»iiraQ 
.a  player  by  lattiDg  him  know  he 
idvenhires  which  oomhme  into  ana  Ihe  help  ol  a  ennpulei  pari  and  a  on  the  right  liick  and;  pmhapa,  gii 
HhQlalhelaaiimglwoolddoiito       iptcesiul  a  gentle  cIub  as  to  why  the  aolio 

mierl  a  diut-coyand  diac  mlo  my  WeU,  1  »on  lound  Iha  spocasuil,      conoot  be  perfonned- 

oomputai,  bnl  Ihen  do  the  people  buL  couW  nol  gel  it.  Nor  could  1  Scolt  Adami  had  il  about  rigl 
who  wiile  Ihe  inlay  bInthB  know  ducofU  how  Id  get  oul  ol  that  game  wild  hli  YOU  CANT  00  THAI  ■ 
anything  about  oonpulera?  and  ilart  another,  suipeding  that  the      VETl  reply.  Palar  Torreoce  m  la 

1  radicm  in  American  dsvioe  can  miHing  EAU  board  lor  wbch  1  uai  sgoilioa  comes  uowheie  near.  Th 
lagiUrnalely  be  rpelkd  the  American  Bearching  might  wall  ba  hidden  m  only  redeaming  laahira  □■  the  gam 
way,  I  will  lorgjvB  ihe  program  for       one  ol  tha  olhec  ^ames,  islliepnce. 


o 


le  Earth's 
dead  ^a  sant  Ice  dupaaal.  AgAiMt 
this  mspiriag  backgronad  your  leak 

rutia  the  CBmBtary:  ha  has  lacanlly 
developed  a  mind  ol  hii  own  and 
become  a  Ibreallo  Earth. 

M 


#  Adventurel 


IT'S  DRIVING  ME  CRAZY! 


XJ.J,  U>..™«.  oi  Suit™  Col- 

II «,  where? 

diield.  He  ii  (mlaide,  (aciig  i  dooi 

Michael  Dradcer  decided  on  a  day 

whicb  will  not  open  to  the  noiUi,  Hu 

ont  in  lonelown,  Iron  his  native 

the  cutiiig  oi  i  bit  on  lie  i«me  ol 

lie  poich  got  inythmq  to  do  witli  the 

turned  ool  lo  be  a  longer  Hip  than  he 

uiHei,  he  wonder'  Meanwhile,  1. 

had  bargained  ioi.  He  gol  properly 

Sloan    ihnoBt    «ahe,    he    hsdn'l 

dienied  ioj  the  occasion,  boughl 

loaiiaged  to  gal  msidB,  toi  he  csn'l 

hlmMliapet,andeveDn4>'sgedto 

gelbdckouK 

gel  a  zagtona  iiom  the  band.  But 

The  Secret  oi  Baretow  Manor  i> 

now  he  ii  iluot  -  what  shall  he  do 

luit  e  liHb  i™  secrattve  io.  Hiubelh 

nail  in  TaD  Times? 

Hooper   oi    Whangaiei    in    New 

He'i  gol  Ibe  Babel  Fish,  thanks  to 

Eealaad.  Doois  are  her  problem, 

the  Valley  Rescue  Service,  bul  now 

too.  She  ii  not  only  lackinij  the  ley  to 

he   can't   get   the   black   particle 

the  dooi  br  the  clocl,  she  can  gel 

without  being  eledraculed.   Who 

Ihioogh  DBilLe.  lie  lioot  doof,  nor 

can    msulale    Nazeei    Ahmed    <=1 

Ihe  balcony  d«.i. 

Brunei? 

mo  can  helps.  Anderson  ol  At 

Mis  D,  Flew  ol  Godalming  didn'l 

bey  Wood,  who  ii  stacl  up  a  castle 

ha«ag-eyhaironherhe«dwhen 

uaU  in  Castle  Dnculd  Adventure  S. 

ihe   Blirtsd   playmg   The   Pawn. 

She  can  [|el  up  and  down  the  wall, 

Perhaps  it  should  contain  a  govsm- 

bulalway.end.npeJlheid«do..» 

ment  hai.  warning?  The  Valley  has 

a  tHiaty  htUe  turn.  Enough  to  gKe 

come  to  hei  rescue,  but  to  Help  he. 

anyoneabim.thdtl 

revert  10  he,  original  state  oi  lair- 

In  Borrowed  Time,  there i! shall- 

haired  beauty,  she  also  needs  to 

binned  noie  teUing  Tommy  Hansen, 

know  hew  to  gel  through  any  oi  the 

oi   Ytie   Enebali,    Non-sy,    ol  a 

doors   in   Amazon,    the  Telarium 

wmssmmMM 


^Hi 


<ie,  thanks  Io  Sandy  Mum 


plete  vocabulaiy  ol  Rebel  Planet. 

Fust  load  the  giime  in  the  normal 
way,  start  playing  and  lype  QUIT. 
Aniwer  K  when  asked  il  you  wanl 
another  game.  The  64  should  now 
look  as  ii  it  has  just  been  switched 
on.  Enter  the  loUowing  program: 

1  POKES3280,0;POKE532ei,i) 
:  PRINT  CHB$(14] 

2  FOBI-25i™to2B050;F  = 
PEEK(I) 

3  GET  A$  ;  IF  Al  -  "F"  IBEN 
G0SUB6 

A  IF  [P>M  AND  P<;91)  OB 
1P>96  AND  P023)  THEN 
PHIKTCHHJ(P1;;NEIT 


BORROWED  TIME: 

To  visit  Charlie  Labock,  start  a  converiation  in 

th«  bar.  If  you  get  burned,  the  doctor  will  help. 


KENTILLA: 

To  open  the  steel  door  a: 

don't  pull  its  iegl 


mine  tha  statue,  but 


STARCROSS: 

To  open  the  rad  airlock,  push  the  fourth,  and 
then  tha  tiny  column,  and  take  the  black  rod.. 

5PIDERMAN: 

Keep  shooting  the  fan  to  slow  it,  then  shoot  the 

button  to  stop  it. 

HITCH  HIKER'S  GUIDE 

To  pass  the  Bugbiatter,  say  name,  wear  towel, 

and  write  name  on  msmortal. 


a  burn  the  haystack. 


PRINT"" ;  NEXT 

GEIA1.1FA1  =  "" 
RETURN 


timB  by  pressing  the  F  key. 


1  tried  it  ool.  and 
though  Rebel  does  us 


mhere  are  months    and  than 

machines]  oi  both  parts  ol  SiVige 

Tlhe«   are    months,    in    the 

HJand,  horn  ScoH  Adams,  which 

X  Adventure  Boilwaie  business. 

knock  Ihe  others  mio  a  cocked  hal. 

Some  months  bnng  virtually  no  new 

despite  theii  age. 

Heit  month  promises  the  eiact  op- 

machines,  others  bring  a  lew  that  are 

posite.  Kiuglil  Ore  will  show  oi!  a 

so  good,  il  IS  a  shame  thai  Ihey  all 

toislly  new  and  eicitmg  type  ol 

came  al  once -both  iorlhe  poten- 

advenhuetromLevelS, andhoton 

tial  buyer,  who  will  probably  be 

its  heeli  will  come  Guild  ol  Tkievei 

looking  lor  only  one,  and  loi  lie 

from    Magnetic    Scrolls.    Pricey 

t-dfley  where  we  hope  to  bring  you  a 

games,  but  irom  whal  I  have  seen  ot 

mce  balance  ol  Ihe  good.  Ihe  bad 

them  both  already ,  they  will  be  worth 

and  Ihe  mediocre. 

every  penny. 

Uniortunately,  April  does  not  look 

Now  il  only  1  can  persuade  Rain- 

kke  being  a  good  month.  Fergus 

bird  SoHware  Io  send  me  a  copy  ol 

McNeil's  latest,  Mii,d«rOfl  Miami, 

iCnigil  Ore  beioie  il  is  ready  ior  pro- 

has not  come  up  to  eipectalions. 

duction,  we  would  have  a  much  bet- 

There are  a  coupled  budget  priced 

ter  balance  m  Tie  MerBui  month. 

games  irom  Peter  Torrance,  one 

Will  I  be  successful?  At  Ihe  lime  ol 

guile  raaaonable,  the  other  a  bit 

wiiting,Iamsonee.tothedeadbne 

strange.  And  then  there  is  the  tolaliy 

I  hardly  think  it  is  possible.  Bnt  on 

abysmal  iVscnsawne.  The  only  ray 

the  other  hand,  il  you  hnd  the  renew 

oi  Lghl  comes  from  the  le-release  (ot 

in  these  pages,  you  will  know  Ihat  we 

hisl-linie  release  lor  Commodore 

really  do  have  magic  powera .  ,  , 

#  Adventure! 


NEWS 


GUILD  OF  THIEVES  LAUNCHED 


Ike  pu-»r,  Guild     for  ths  Arnlga,  i 


Scrolls  Don't  Worry  Us, 


to  001  paiKi  as  "a  scannc.",  says  TlieBosloiibMadac,=^^„„„„« 

Lebling.  "Her  qamsi  are  eisellant  hava  tree  new  games  planned  for 

worrmsunduly."  Douglas  Adama,  author  of  the  book 

Lobling  was  the  cbisf  biain  behind  HitcbiikcB  Gnide  to  the  Galaiy  — 

Ihe  early  advestuie  clasHcs  Zgrk  I,  V  which  was  also  turned  inlo  a  game  by 

dwim.buliighLnDwhebehevesthe  Idocom. 

ol  oaohioea  Lie  the  Amiga  and  SI,  iealiar    Gnddesses  man.    Sieve 

But  this  does  not  mean  a  head-long  Moretsky,  also  has  a  game  to  be 

nish  by  Iniocom  into  graphics  and  iarachedm  the  Autumn. 


You  are  invited  to  join  the 
Murder  dub^  but  be  careful 


you  could^.  endup. 


r^lMMNI 


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.■■■■■    o^l**'     '%<^*te  <^"'^i**' 


THECHOICE  IS  YOURS  ! 


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^  naad  two  dlikt  daipila 

Amigo'.  vwt  m« 

Bory. 

ihBi  raunctiy  msideii  to  ibs 

rams  in  be  wearing  Ihe  lote 

nilinsnriBtrijirJnnHRBiiei 

Alas.  Ihn  (sra.  HmH,  wh 

old'lime 

dim  dn 

Lihie.<.tHieilayi!Uigidnn 

l.wbal 

II  voti  bei  on  Ihe  IDwnsmgnll  could 

ve  beed  willen  In  aboul  6K  nf  Com- 

idore  Pet  if  ynu  knock  qui 
ng  music  and  kxely  a»m 

ed  pic- 

fos,Th.[B  is  so  much  music 

and  an- 

ediskil 

Tbis  ia  nne  mute  which 

mber  of  ioflware  Iwiaea 

re  Qkslv 

ENTERTAINING 
THEFVTVRE 


The  64  is,  to  be  tmthful, 

technologically  obsolete. 

Faster,  more  tolouHal 

and  powerful  machines 

have  arrived  -  Atari's  0  Q  Za's'? 

STs  and  Commodore        O  '^t  in  th 

Amigas.  They  are  coining 

down  in  price  too,  so  you 

don't  need  to  be  a  rich 

kid  to  own  one.  The 

games  that  are  being 

worked  on  now  will  blow 

you  away  when  they  are 

launched.  Isn't  it  time 

you  took  the  16  bit 

revolution  seriously? 


AMIGA  STARGLIDER 


re  lair  enougn  Di  ijmple 
■    emuBh  10  iqueeie  inio  ihat  magic 
B*K.    hul    thB    very    bnt    arcadsl 


«e  an  I0 

Rat 

nbird'i 

Knight  0 

'°'""- 

pro 

icon  an 
aihen 

"iJ-^Zan^ 

inaiicaliy  ptsY 

of  RBinbitd 

Df  Iha  car.  This  can  avan  ta 

nAat   the 

daaa  h* 

ouching  \tn  r 

lavanl  locatia 

be  Hia,  a>»pi  ta 

an    the 

your    tinae 

IBuchliia 

lorKbnanthe 

1ir;g 

mfar.  Psugeol 

dealers,  far  e> 

lly  picturM 

and 

ample. 

Amtha 

interaclivel 

chnique  iE  tha 

auhetapDliha 

luadtiy 

rianoie  rV  lar 

IS  pipmaliaaa 

ifuiili  tha 

Iha 

»daa  far 

the  Ariaiasof 

game  Skyhi 

w='l(      A    Amiso  StorgtldT  -  a  .tunning  gomn,  but  .till  ''JT'^T  'l'""  ^'™'  *'"  ■""  ,1° 

"".hi  '"""'  ""  """  '"*'"""'  *"""  '^-™  •"■  ZiahtoeT   .a,,  ITJ^:  T^^ 

iCBs?      "   "      "" ""     ""  1,,^.   ^.^irf.,  ^,,   ,         ,1  ,  ,   J  .  '"''"  'f""  'lis  *E00  in  lalura  yersiotis. 

.11  ;sj*. J .,,».,-.,  -...«'St..:;;,rr:s™;:r:r,;:ivr£s;;r.;ri^^^^^^^^ 
i. .-;.;;i.^rusT:£;  ;.";"i ,r .;.::;£-..",;•  sr-.':;-".;!-," '» ■*•  ■'  ;■•  ■  •- «-' •••• :- « ■ 


hi«  to  sEa  jpine  radicallv  new  lype 
gsme    eiraiging,    Whsi 


It  USA,  includi 
some  af  the  msierial  bundleil  with 

Sd  lar,   what   we '.a  seen  al 


Golden  Jonticln  Awarfli,   an  Amija  geme  in  (he  UK.  baiAffi^ntl   to   campute 

Ine  paiitilitiei  far  Amiga  saliwere  When  prasud  In  revaals  plini  far  i 

ga  Isi  bewnd  tha  limili  of  convaa-  flight  lim  and  an  atfventare  gamE  - 

fianal  games.  High  an  the  list  is  the  the  letler  using  leal  videc  Incallons  in 

raea  af  mlaracliVB  nriao:  end  I  dnn't  need  af  graphic  piclure] 

"i~ ;  J'."'..;"™  ""CTicKviato 

sofiwaie  mavis.  '''"  '''^^  ^'  'nasible  wiMa   IS 

.                    --  .  —       The  basic  laLhniquas  are  attaady  he-  f™"""  ""^  *''"''' "oul'l  "'WCI  to 

ler,  tia  prefers  ta  wan  fat  SlBiglidm  II   Ing  used  liiit  la  iIm  cammercial  warld  *"  '  ""'«'  "'  lenlative  allempls  al 

befoFS  revBBlIng  at!  ihe  tricks  he  hes    Peugenl,  for  eiample  hsva  ea  Amiga  ™"  °""""  "'  """  ""=''  """"i'  "P 

iiC  hu  sleeve.  Swgl^r  J/by  ths  «av   delsbsse  set  up  whereby  sslaclint  an  continued  on  page  SS 


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You  can  Nav  most  of  Iten,  on  a  C64  ^  Sy.tem  with  plug  in  game  cartridge  licensed  from  hoi  »rn  op? 

anyway,  it  you  liave  a  disk  drive,  tut  -,.,,..    ,  "^ 

rli8  combination  of  Detemler  of  ite  J™'  <*'"}  '".  °"0'"?'  3=™'  ""av   i"=l   "  concenliaie  on   gamos:  bul  bolh  -  I'm  afiaid  the  ComniDdore  64 
fleata   style   eiaphic!   and    Infocom  3n™ei  sh  to  niiie  monilis  lo   anybodr  who  wants  just  gamai  will   land  Arastfodi  ami  Specirumsl  are  go 

gamaplay   with   Slarpttf  quality   at  ^^1°  nUtlillh^Vi,  "^  *.°'''J"i   "'"  ''"^.'^  j  B-^bit_  machine  forminB   ing  to  he  left  high  and  dry.  Sooner  or 


with  no 


s.  They  can't  affoid   the  sti 


rd  the  AnHga  900,  t^ 


ig  Iha  prire:  T!)e  Fawn,  accordmg        There  i; 
«l  msnyears  of  woik.  A  US  Gold    jpsctacuL 


111  goggling  by  neit  Spring,   lake 
le  artificial  to  ignore  the   games 
capabiliiias  of  tlie  Aniigs   sopliisti 


".  CtitJs  Kaday  says  tlie  A500 


0   MNch  side  of  the  fence  you're  sitting 
on,  and  go  tor  it,  I'm  choosing  Amigai. 


WWanAnUga 
ASOOm 


To  wfn  this  Amiga  all  you  have  to  do  Is  tell 
us  which  64  or  CIS  P1usl4  game  would 
benefit  most  from  being  up-graded  to 
Amiga  formal  and  why.  Write  as 
much  as  you  like  and  use 
drawings  or  diagrams  If 


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scene.  This  did  not  stop  thero  throwing  a  really 
lough  one  at  gamers  last  month.  David  Kile  was  up 
to  the  Future  Knight  challenge.  Here  is  his  map. 


2  =  BOMB 

3  =  PLATFORM  KEY 

4  -  CONFUSER  UNIT 

5  =  SECURO  KEY 

6  =  EXIT  PASS 

7  =  BRIDGE  SPELL 

S  =  SHORTERNER  SPELL 
9  =  FLASH  BANG  SPELL 
10  =  GLOVE 


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SOLUTION 


tl  tha  Safa  Pan  Irom  Lev  1.  take  Ex  1  le  Ut  2.  lok*  Ex  2  lo 
Lev  4.  Ex  (  lo  Lav  S,  Ex  5  to  Lav  E.  get  Securo  Key  t""^  Lei 
"  "  lo  La*  6,  gat  Saia  Peas. 


'  S  anti  lua  Sacuro  Key, 

HalutD  lo  Lbt  S.  lake  Ex  6  lo     .         „,  „ 

gW  Platform  Key  ond  go  lo  Lav  7,  lake  Ex  7  lo  Lev  S,  gal  Exil  Pan  and 

go  lo  Lav  2. 

Taica  Ex  8  to  lav  9.  Ex  9  lo  Lev  10  and  lua  Iha  Exit  Pon. 

Take  Ex  ID  to  Lav  II.  gal  the  Bridge  Spall  and  take  Ex  11  to  Lev  12  uh 

Bridge  Spell  than  lake  Ex  12  lo  Uv  13,  Ex  13  lo  Lev  U.  Ex  14  <o  Lav  IS, 

gal  glove  and  lue  11,  rsiuin  lo  Uv  12,  get  RsleoH  Spall  and  go  to  Lev 

20  Ihrough  LaveU  17/18/19. 

Go  lo  the  and  ol  Lav  20.  Mond  on  table  and  blast  Hanchodiotd,  sland 

over  *  and  use  Helaaia  Spall.  The  End. 

The  Shield  ii  Iha  best  weapon  oi  it  con  alio  dailior  Incoming  mUEilea, 


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on  their  wonder  package 

-  Mini  Office. 

Mark  II  offers  enhanced 

word  processing. 

Spreadsheet,  Graphics, 

Babel  printer,  and  even 

Communications 

packages.  Bohdan  Buciak 

puts  them  through  their 

paces.  Take  it  away 

Bohdan. 


By  Bohdan  Buciak 


computer  Im  in    with  eitliei  the  Cutnmailate  oi  CTRL  you  can  staif  inputting  infoimation. 

all  on  am  tape    ksy.  Tha  lunctinn  keys  alia  piovbe  a  ReEOids  can  be  dalatad,  amsnded  ni 

lain  -  too  big    functions   ym   can   copy   and   move  sub-database  out  of  thsm.  Tbe  usual 

bbcks,  set  tabs,  change  cnlaurs  ami  a  seaiching  an 


ovided. 


achieved  "just   thai,   by    permenently  displayeit  at  ita  lop  ol   Say,  fo^  siample,  you  wanted  to  add 
I     fistful     ol     business    the  scfEen.  And  you  can  get  a  typing-   oi  soblracl  lield  6  from  field  5,  the 

5.  Now  Mini  Office  H  is    to  work.   No   maltei  bow  quickly   I    contains  the  relevant  formula. 


Mini     Offics 


ludicrous  priced  [16.96  (119,95  on  printed    out    with    any    number 

disk).  different  neines  and  addresses  on  it. 

Buy  that  Inl  fur  a  'real'  computer  and  Like  all  the  other  prngrams  in  hli 

you're  talking  tat  waSets.  So  tor  its  Office  II,  the  wordprccessor  lets  yi 

suspiciousiy  give-away  priCB,  can  Mini  uutput  to  Commodore  printers  via  tl 

Office  really  be  of  any  use  to  you?  serial   purl   st>i)   proyides   Cemronii 

Surprisingly  enough,  you  could  actually  inlerfoce  softwaie  lor  outputting 

runitioie  ihanawhelk  slallwithit  -  a  Epson  and  Epson-cpmpatibie  p<inle 

_.._ ...___.__-_-__-_  wordprocessor,  full  of  advanced  ai 

THE  WORDPROCESSOR  p,aciical   functions.    It's    bolh   w 

This  is  probably  the  best  program  ol  designed  and  ImplementBil.  Hbwever, 

the  sii.  It  really  is  a  fulllBatured  wp  shuns  It!  age  a  little  hy  using  twok 

program  with  lots   of  Ilw   functions  commands     -     most     prngrar 

you'd  eipect  to  find  on  more  eipEusive  nowadays     use     poll-down     i 


,1  THE  SPREADSHEET 

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e  ambitions.  It  has  a  iinil  of  4.000 

s  with  up  to  12G  columns  and  UP' 

0  rows.  You  get  aH  tbe  mathem 

ccmprehensii 


ne  by  usma  tb. 


you  dOT't  accidantaly 
in    them.    Autometic 

1  he  turned  on  and  off. 


#  lyied  and  Tested! 


The     only     pmblem     nrith 
The    r^Drnmodore    B4's    40    c 


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hols  tor  Ihe  Iwriionlal    tormal   by   spKityiiiB   ihe   database    of  the  d 
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that   dafaats   the    rale,  XON/XDFF,  frame  format,  fBtw   d 


Mini  Office  11 
CommodDre  64/128 
Database  Software 
Price:  £16.95/cass 
£19.95/disk 


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■    m         ™,ksal=nBlh«no«-familiB,«md™. 

means  being  able  to  stretch  and  twrsi 

■     ■         V  menus  priiciplB.  The  conlral  ps™ 

■  1  ■         cavers  aboul  one  Third  of  Ihe  screen 

Again,  1  liayen't  managed  tfiis  yet.  1 

Ml  ■         and  vdu  can  piece  i!  el  the  Icp.  at  Ihe 

have  twisted  the  outlliu  of  on  Image 

■  ■         botlnm     a.     nahe     it     disappen. 

■  ■         ahogettiei.  Annayingly  yen  have  to  use 

most  be  doe  to  my  (otlowlng  eieclly 

■    ■          (l»Ci.nlrDlk»ylolosglef.pmlhBPon 

■    ■         irol  panel  to  tha  drawing  sc-aen.  Why 

Before  1  ron  out  ol  [»ce  lt>ngs  to 

■■■  -^       couidn'tthalhejoysWckdriyentoo? 

._-.             The  Panel  9»ea  yen  all  the  .kawing 

joys   you   can   prim   teit   onto   the 

WV       functions     you'd     e.pect:     ve.ied 

icreeh,  defhe  you  own  fonts,  etc. 

■  ■      tliicknessai  of  brush,  boi,  ellipses,  ray 

WeU.  you  can't.  Qr  you  cnuU  if  yuu 

■   ■      lines,  spray,  lill  and  a  large  number  of 

could  reed  the  programmer's  mind.  1 

m  W      te-loro  potHtiis.  No  problems  bars 

can't,  but  I'm  only  a  reviewer. 

,    B-W        tliey  all  saem  to  «.ork.  A  nice  faatu-B 

To  conclode  your  spell  of  creatrvo 

■   B      is  Ihe  display  of  X  and  Y  co-ordinate 

brilliance,  you  can  connect  the  screen 

■  ■      which  should  help  you  to  gain  graatar 

to  a  Commodore  printer  (via  the  serial 

■   ■l   drawing  accuracy. 

porti  and  to  an  Epson  ot  comMlWa 

The  Image  System  reviewed 


grotoful  to  CRL  for  ti 


Not  another  drawing 
program  for  the  64? 

"Fraid  so.  But  this  one 

claims  to  be  "the  most 
advanced  graphics 

package  so  far".  Oe*r. 

better  load  it  up  then. 


I  n  ^^  'Eckon  thes  Image  System  is  with  it  -  but  they  managed  to  forget  good  to  stand  a  chance.  And  it  not  on- 
I  a  pretty  nifty  piece  of  drawing  to  oiglain  eisctly  what  The  Ihiege  iy  needs  to  offer  more.  It  needs  to  be 
Usollware.  I   won't  say   they're   System  does  about  it.   The  manual   easy  to  use;  easy  In  the  sense  that  It 


bably  igss  affeciive  than  drawing  on  •  The  Image  System 

:.  This   your  screen  with  a  set  of  felt  tips  ~  «  n.__.j...  cii  iiio 

:kage  definitely  has  a  lot  to  offer-   even  if  you  have  to  wipe  off  the  pic-  •  CommOdOre  64/128 

I   seen   the  picture   on   tha  back   turn  to  watch  Saturday  Superstore.  •  CRL 

m  going  tu  tell  you  about  it      Tt»  heert  of  The  Image  System  is  .  0,!-=.  flO  dR/caee 

thai  one  day  CRL  wiHctme   the  way  it  manipulates  images.  The  •  "ICB.  fclS.SS/CaSS 

u  can  define  and  store  £24.95/disk 


BELIEVE  ME... THERE  IS  OMLY  ONE  WAY  TO  BEAT  THE 


planned  pattern  of  n 
the  ultimate 


3,  in  swirling  l_ 
spinning  a  deadly  gossamer  and  l 


iclaed   Woode 


I 


complete  with  nsppi 
daih  tliiough  tbe 
a   backdiop 

Joystick  oontiol  ooaldii'l  be 
simpler.  Lai!  eight  movemaal 
■-"-  --  "-ttoaB  —  lump  and 

.„B  What?  WoU  — 

that  dep«ndf .  II  he  luns  In 
giant  dinosaui  agg  a  ham 
will    appaai      "" 


—   BOinething   I   have   aeusi 

At  a  ceTtaln  point  on  Level 
U  Wondei  Boy  look  two  giant 

made  a  guaidian  angel  ap- 
pear. Actually,  she  was  more 
Ukaatajty,  complete  with  ftll- 
id.  She 


Sadly  though,  I  ran  into  a 

ck    and    she   disappeared. 

1  tried  1  couldn't  gel 

'      5ull  It  was  graal 

ited.  1  havan'l  smtl- 


change.  OK  —  so  I'm  a  wimp. 

cologne  spray  or  msecticida 

about  Wonder  Boy  are  that  its 

Just  like  POiall  the  game  li 

will  have  seen  it  all  before  - 

segments.     This    is    a    very 

atcade-adveotura  style  ganie 

of  this  lype  as  it  means  whei. 

you  are  killed  you  don'l  have 

simaadllas.)     Actlvlslon 

to  go  light  back  to  the  bagin- 

ironically  are  set  Id  release  it 

The  'goal'S'  at  the  and  ol 

later  stages  o!  the  game,  tot 

example.  In  one  ol  Ihem  you 

village  —  past  the  tolara  polu 

the  ground.  This  is  really  no 

more  than  iuQ-|ump  -  and  it 

It  »  vital  to  gobble  as  mooh 

further  than  Donkey  Kong, 

as  Ibis  keeps  your  "Vitality 

Buo  past  the  Indian  village 

Level"  charged  up-  Believe 

and  you  are  heading  up  hill. 

me,     it     can     be     mightily 

Suddenly  boulders  come  al 

Donkey  Kong- 

AdnUttedly   you    do  hit   a 

plaifotm  shoilly  atlei  thij.  A 

TOP  TEN  COIN-OPS 

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2  Boiling  Thunder  7  Side  Aims 

3  Niqhl  SlDofcei  8  Valine 

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With  all  these  questions 

to  answer.  Tommy's 

never  going  to  find  time 

to  enter  Mastermind. 

Stili,  he'd  rather  help 

solve  your  problems  on 

the  64,  128.  Clfi  and 

Plus/4  than  sit  in  front 

of  Magnus  Magnusson 

(specialist  subject 

-  tech  tips). 

Tommy's  the  man  to  help 

you.  Go  on.  write  to  him; 

Tommy's  Tips, 

Commodore  (Iser, 

30-32  Farringdon  Lane, 

London  ECIR  Ml. 


Disco  Mix 


I  own  thres  Ptus/4 


Diuo*  In  conjunction  with  our 
vldao-proiactlon  syilemi. 

The  problems  I  hovs  are  on 
the  video  output.  I  wont  to 
get  0  single  unmodulated 
oulput  from  the  computer  se 
that  I  can  run  it  directly 
through  Ihe  projector  without 
having  to  go  through  the 
tuner  on  iKe  VCR  0)1  am 
doing  at  pretont,  ai  this  gives 
loM  of  definition  and  colour 
on  one  VCR  and  the  other  two 
VCRl  will  not  accept  the 
signal  become  they  both 


v-everJF  you  really  wanllo 
impress  your  (ricnds,  tKen  by  using 
(he  'GENLOCK'  I'ideo  miicr  you  cm 

'   r3ro"n^i°u.l°rol,ro.n 

retord  the  wtpui  ol  the  GENIOCK 

of  having  lo  gene 


ifi9  ilepper  molor  thai  drivei  ihe  dilii 
hood  medionism,  as  well  a$  from  the 
power  iupply  traiiilo:mer.  Ahhough 

mag"elic  "iefds  °or>d  °h"  M«L  the 


tape  deck  os  (or  away  os  possible 
from  such  lieldi.  If  you  are  really 
strapped  lor  space  ihen  o  shell  o  few 
inches  above  ilie  disk  drive  would  be 
preferable. 

A  secot^d  disk  drive  zooldha 
placed  on  lop  of  the  firsl^  but  be 


in  display 


GEMLOCK  is  o-oiloble  in  bol 
NTSC  and  PAL  versions,  bul  nc 
prices  Dvoilablejusi  yet  For  an 
really  good  graphics  though,  yi 


in  the ! 
Interference  results.  So  If 


belween  them  would  be  better. 
As  (or  prices.  Biped  to  poy 
around  eiOO  lor  o  privole  sole,  or 
,    slighlly  more  Irom  o  secondhand 
computer  dealer.  A  v^ord  ol  worning 
though,  to  thoroughly  check  out  ony 
secondhand  drive  belore  buying  H. 
Most  people  selling  drives  are 
perfectly  konest,  bul  a  duff  one  could 
cost  you  0  lot  of  money  in  repairs  — 
ploy  sole  and  only  buy  fl  if  you  con 


Double 
Trouble 


:Kbg       Pile  up 


oft  before  ihe  signol  goes 
into  the  modulator  ofthe  RF 
output  it  would  be 
appreciated. 

Ian  Williams,  Comwoll. 

Ail  Ihe  Commodore  computers  hove 
a  composite  video  oulput.  On  the 
Flus'd  it  is  in  ihe  DIN  socket  on  the 

right  (looking  at  Ihe  bockj.  By 

connecting  D  coble  from  pin  4  (video 
output),  pin  3  [audio  output  if 
needed)  ond  pin  2  (ground!  to  the 
video  input  of  your  projeclor  you  can 
drive  It  quite  hoppiiy  (however,  if 
you  ore  using  one  of  Ihe  RGB 

in  ^otitis  not  possible  to  get  a  RGB 
signol  out  olo  Plus/4). 
Assuming  your  projector  con 


^P    I  am  writing  to  you 
because  I  have  a  question  lo 
atk  about  my  Commodore 
64,  Dotosette  and  1541  disk 
drive.  1  was  recently  given 
Ihe  disk  drive  and  on 
MPS-Sai  printer  oi  o  gift  and 
01  there  Is  only  a  limited 

<sk  I  hove  resorted  to 


0  C64  and  I  hove  a  few 

problems. 

I )  Is  there  o  program  or  poke 

that  wouldn't  exactly  list  o 

program  bul  iust  print 

whatever  progrom  It  had  In 

1)  On  the  13B,  typing  SPRDEF 
lets  you  create  yaur  own 
spritei,  Is  there  a  poke- 
program  that  lets  you  do  this 


Hope] 
J.  Can 


caused  to  either  by  this 
slacking? 

Also,  could  you  please 
odvise  me  on  whot  prices  I 
expect  to  pay  for  a 


signals  use  the  same  h-equenciet, 
have  just  moved  ihe  problem  or>e 


grateful  if  you  could  onswei 
inete  aueitlons. 
1    Nigel  ferriisay,  S.  Wales. 

You  vion'l  cause  ony  physical 
damaqe  lo  eillier  ihe  drive  or  the 
tope  deck,  but  you  could  well  suffer 
probienis  wHh  damage  lo  Ihe  lapes. 


I^'nilor?di!otsembler  toe»™jne  ° 
oreas  of  memory  for  Itie  various 
pons  of  0  program  ami  then 

the  decimal  values.  There  ore  severol 
such  programs  on  the  market,  but 
remember  that  in  order  to  look  ol  Ihe 
assembly  listing  you  firstly  hove  to 
stop  Ihe  program,  and  then  know 
where  to  kxik  for  the  code  (as 
opposed  to  thedoto). 


M    you  may  be  ohie  lo  buy  o 


•  TipsI 


Koving  defined  ide     oddre 
are  idem  on  (ape  or     ide  at 


jdow  reoisler 
i«ii66-i5B2,nol  droits 
lolposilion  regiitwi.  I  doi 


proorom  called  GO  SPRITE  coilir 
e9.95byMirrorsoh,  birtwhelfier 
you  will  (ind  a  lopy  theM  doyi  I 
don't  know.  Failiw  that,  lonw  o( 
BASIC  exteniioni  Lch  os  Simon't 
BASIC  or  SOFTCHIP  offer  a  sprili 


do  with 


128  Mode 

W    Pleate  could  you  tell  m 
how  la  produce  UDGs  on  the 
Commodore  138  through 
Bo  sic- 1  hove  seen  many 
progrtimi  Ihot  produca  UDGi 
in  64  mode  but  I  have  been 
unable  lo  get  them  to  work  In 
128  mode. 

Alto  li  there  any  way  of 
getting  16iprilet  on  the 
Mreen  at  any  one  time  (in 
138made)uiingaihort 


10  GRAPHIC  liORAPHIC  0 
20  FORLP  =  OTOSI1 
,    3D  BANKMiCHzPEEK 
(55296  4  LP) 
40  BANK1S!POKES9124 
IP,CH 
,    SO  NEXT  LP 
60  P0KEn7,4!REMCHAHS 

FROM  RAM  FLAG 
6S  REM  POINT  TO  NEW  CHAR 

SET  ADDRESS 
70  POKE  2604,PEEK(1604) 
AND  240  OR  8 


will  load  over  98%  of  »l 
lliiiisslilM«ithonl)ie99 
"ill  lood  with  the  154IC. 
iO'ing  gomes  (rom  tape,  ■ 
Kindion  of  Ihe  protection  i 
game  ond  boi  very  lilllet 

value,  provided  yw  bear  in  min 


Wrth  new  proteclion  mslhods 

appearing  oil  the  time,  ^011  muitbi 
prepored  (or  the  occosiional 
program  that  you  cannol  ute.  If  you 
aie  not  prepared  to  accept  Hiol,  then 
you  must  either  loot  for  o 
MCandhandl541orgolorthenew 


Codeword 


Steven  Duxbiiry,  Wakefield. 


Drive 
Choice 


Bingo  Hall    ^^ 


Tlie  method  of  using  UDGi  IN  126 
mode  is  exoOly  ihe  lame  os  for  the 
6i,  it  ii  just  that  the  rrrsmury 
locations  ore  different.  The  small 
progrom  at  the  end  wilt  transfer  the 
(inl  U  thoroclen  into  a  RAM  areo 
ond  then  set  ttw  pointers  lo  use  those 
initaod  of  the  ROM  set.  You  con  then 


jvedbj  the  GRAPHICS  3 
Ai  for  getting  16  iprilei,  thii 


10  r^loce  the  full  set  of  sprite 


I  about  t( 
confuied,  I  don't  want  to 
ipend  too  much  (EIOO-1  SO) 
ond  the  two  I  have  got  my 
eye  on  are  the  1541  and  the 
Enllancer  2000. 

I  have  been  told  that  the 
1S41  livery  (low  ond  not  all 
Mftware  (gomet)  can  be 
Iranrierred  from  tape,  How 
true  ii  thit?  How  fa»  li  the 
Enhancer  and  do  the  ume 
problemt  apply?  Ii  It  (the 
Enhancer)  falter  than  the 
1141  andwhich  one  would 
you  retommend. 
PaulChany,  Milton  Keynes. 


trying  to  get  my  Pluil4  to  ™?,r,^'^* '"  *"""■  P'°9""" 

print  out  the  random  numberi  ?«««  S/"-"™  .- 

'    1-90. 1  hove  fried  two  OOOn=OiEFLAG  =  0 

programi  but  one  itops  at  the  1010  IN  =  LEN(CDS): 

No.  90  and  both  gel  ,„„'■'""= '^ 

rapeHllont.  1020  IF  LN.rUMII  THEN 
The  idea  ii  to  help  our  LIMIT  =  LN 

1   tenanli  aiiociallon  with  their  '030  FOR  P=l  TO  LIMIT 


sprites  using  micoderouKnes  since 
the  normol  Bosic  commands  con  onl 
be  used  with  eight  sprites.  Tfie  best 
wofisloieiupoDAMareofor 
eodi  set  o(  eight  spriles,  to  include 

speed  oi  movement.  Then  use  ihe 
raster  intefrupl  to  jump  to  o  m/code 
routine  la  change  which  set  ol  doio 

This  will  reaoire  very  coreful  co- 
ordinolion  if  the  16  sprites  ore  nil 
going  lo  b«  different.  Leaving  ihe 

doto  unchanged  ond  only  oftering 
Itie  positions  would  be  much  fasler 
ancfyou  could  also  alter  the  colours 


weekly  bingo.  Pleaie  help. 

Thank  you,  ai  I  am  getting 
my  "DS"  In  o  twitt  and 
getting  "POKED"  into  all 
sortiaf  "PEEKS"ljultcan'l 
get  "RND"  of  my  problem, 
P»ler  Smith,  lenaon. 

Alwoys  glod  to  help  get  o  'bll 

display  oil  Ihe  numbers  from  1-90  in 


random  number  generator 
on  much  more  complicated 


1040CHzA5C(MltlJ(CD$,P,in 
1050  n:n+  |CH-631-(P  + 

26|'26)J(26-P) 
1050  NEXT  P:n  =  INT(n| 
1070  RETURN 


l)>en  GOSUB 
1  in  the  DATA 


ul  siring  CDS 
Hhe  scramble 

n  TT  equoli  the 

id  can  coniZe 

n;  otherwise  you  do 

It  the  volue  in  the  Nrst 
3m,  but  add 

.   _._.»tQthe 
esolcode  The  value  ihol 
len  will  be  the 
he  DATA 


jv.r  uiQ  hiLji   UUHIU  ]U  UKK  UQ  0  OISH 

driveforElSOIOfiherwoyou 
mention,  the  Enhancer  2000  is 
cheaper  ot  around  EliO;  Ihe  new 
15ifc  now  avoilable  costs  over 
£190.  You  might  be  lucky  and  pick 
up  an  older  iJil  Ifrom  slock  that  is 
being  sold  off,  bul  it  is  siill  unlikely  tc 
be  less  than  EliO. 

The  Enhancer  hoi  a  number  of 
advantages  over  the  IJJl,  the  main 
one  being  ihot  it  is  foster  by  up  lo 
40%.  However,  like  mosi  non 
Commodore  drives  thai  hove 
otiemptsd  to  reploce  ihe  ISil,  the 
Enhoncer  suffers  from  a  compatibility 
problem;  not  oil  software  can  be 
used  with  rl.  There  also  appears  lo 
be  a  problem  if  you  load  software 


10  DIM  BB(90);  REM  CHECK     chorocters  long  (if  it  is  longer,  only 

ARRAY  Ihe  first  len  charUrs  are 

20   NUM  =  RND(-n):REM        scrombleiq  which  should  prevent 

START  SEED  anyone  lust  guessing  what  it  is  by 

30  FOR  LP:  1  TO  89  chance. 

40  NUM  =  INT(RND(0) 

•901  +  1 
SO  IF8B(NUM)<>0THEN40 
60  BB(NUM)  =  li  PRINT 

NUM,:REMTABIN4 

COLS 
70  NEXT  LP 
75  REM  NOW  FIND  LAST 

NUMBER  (QUICKER) 
80  FOR  LP  =1  TO  90 
90  IFBB(LP)<>ITHEN 


•  Hotshot! 


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ruggle.  (The  Ed  loyt  ha  eats 
thalr  only  utaful  purpoie  in 


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tod  dined  by  ■ ' 


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legalia,  howeyai  tbe  abnosplieie  was   unpleasantly    leBttameit    leally   and  o 

more  lik9  a  foggy  iiy  on  tlie  Somme  J!  tlthough   a   few   senioi   indusLiy  a 

The    golden    joyaticlo    went    Id  Waterloo  one  QigU  bot  Alienc  wnlei 

_    I    Gauntlet  (Game  ol  the  Veai),  Sentinel  Uuk  IjUs  liesb  liom  the  hypnolic 

I'Beal  Onginel  game),  tlndim  (Besl  sliains  oi   Ibe   Philip   Glass   opera 

Arcadeatyle  game),  Ehte  {Besl  soft-  Akhnalen.  And  who  should  bave  been 

waie  hoMSl,  The  Pawn  (Bast  Adven-  sitting  in  front  of  Mark  but  celebraled 

lure),  Sancon  (Besl  soundtrack)  and  hippy  M  Muffif,     -'■ '  ■-- 

Andrew   Biaybiook  (Besl   p  .>. -^.  r.^^. 

•  Fteehie  1 


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thought  Gesesis  were  playing.  The  Ed 


Limelighl  Club. 

This  time  the  hosts  were  kchvisioa  who  •  A  lai  njoie  trendy  group  of  young 

bad  hired  Ihe  disused  church  for  a  men  are  Jls  Fo«ar  ffoass,  lalesl  edi- 

presenlation  aboal  their  lorthcoming  tion  lo  Ihe  growing  bndgel  market, 

aieade  bcences.  Sadly  there  was  liWa  They've  announoed  that  a  iiee  aodio 

new  lo  report  from  wbal  you've  already  track  will  be  mcluded  wilh  every  game 

ieamt  oo  the  kiades  pages.  This  was  release  provided  by  Ihe  Hoiue  Bee- 

aliictly  high  proiila  company  bull.  (ronjc   Xpeiieoce   beaded   by    cne 

Itwasn'ttobeAcL/imon'sday.  Fusl-  Wayne  Xilen,  star  ol  TV,  music  press 

ly  there  was  long  delays  in  Ihe  food  and  radio.  Well  he's  been  on  Ihem 

machines  Ihal  they  ordered  laOed  lo  haven't  heard  ol  it  is  Ihe  latest  dance 

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under  way  and  then  Uiey  only  lunc-  Jack  —  we  had  a  Number  One,  lack 

tioned  for  10  minutes  as  the  club's  alafl  your  Body.  Thai  was  by  Sieve  Silk 

blew  Ihe  fuses  while  they  were  on  Hurley  not  the  Power  House,  bul  you 

'God'  Word        ireeplay.  Finally,  after  a  hjrtucusly  getmydrilt.  ,  . 

I  speech  liom  Bad  Coiasia,  we      Well  that's  all  for  this  monUi.  Don't 

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